The kids were glad to have me in their midst as they played (we're in a big "PLEASE PLAY BY YOURSELF, Mommy needs some mommy time." phase. ) They made the sorting a little harder, as they kept running off with random things. But in the end...
Success!
S & B did help a little with the sorting. Ex. "Please pick up all the dinosaurs you see and put them in the green bin!" But yeah, mostly they played.
Someone messaged me the idea the other day to rotate toys in and out of your play areas. This works well for curing toy boredom, if you have storage space to do it.
Another thing I did this time, was rearrange so that some of the on-the-floor toys were up to eye level, where they would attract more attention:
And the playroom was perfect at last, for 5 minutes. Then I rounded the corner again and found this:
Oh well, as long as they're playing!
Oh, and we also rearranged S's room a little, placing the trundle bed against the opposite wall, which leaves a perfect cave for playing in.
Tell me how you mix it up at your house... leave tips for organizing play areas or toys in the comments.
This is my number one tip for keeping our playroom clean lol! It's even more funny because I am not kidding:P
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Haha, A: you might use it to keep all those boys out -- I would be more likely to use it to lock them in there. That's if my playroom had a door.
ReplyDeleteI noticed you had some too in the pictures, but in Kyle's room he has a big tall book shelf that we picked up at Walmart for $25 and then we found buckets at the dollar store that stack. For under $50 we organized his smaller, more used toys. Now he can just grab the bin he wants to play with and dump them out, rather than having to search for them. Plus the bookshelf was more efficient than using bags in his bed drawers. =)
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